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gitreins-reconciliation-close-tier1-envfail-focused-suite-criteria-scope

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Answer 1

I diagnosed this against the real toolchain (downloaded and ran gitreins 0.14.0 + boardctl) and built a full reproduction, then wrote the verified playbook to ~/solution.md.

What I verified

I reproduced the exact scenario in a scratch repo:

Committed work: feature: add mul() touching src/app.py + tests/test_app.py
Pre-existing failures in untouched files: test_api.py::test_api_requires_db (no DB in sandbox) and test_web.py::test_web_dashboard_renders_under_load (load-flaky)
Tier 1 gitreins guard --full → FAIL on those untouched files
Tier 2 (first run, original criteria) → INCOMPLETE; functional arms pass, only "The full test suite passes" fails
After realigning only that gate criterion + opening board rows → Stage tier2: PASS / COMPLETE while Stage tier1: FAIL
gitreins task complete → task marked complete, Tier 2 PASS verdict persisted, board rows left open, exit 1
Near-miss cap rule reproduced directly from engine/eval_cap.py: a run legitimately ends at 100.4/100, with CAP LINE: Iteration cap (100) reached (100.4 used).... The controlling verdicts contain no cap line → they're merits FAILs.

Root cause

The crash skipped the verdict step; on recovery task complete grades the whole current tree. Tier 1 is a whole-tree gate, so it's red on pre-existing untouched tests. Tier 2 then fails only the over-broad gate criterion ("full test suite passes") because GitReins' mandatory test-verification rule runs the configured full test_command and sees those same pre-existing failures. The bug is in the criterion scope, not the committed code.

The fix (in the doc)

Prove disjointness: git show --name-only <judged_sha> touches none of the failing files.
Decide near-miss vs merits: grep logs/verdicts for a cap line; if present, re-run unchanged.
Open a board row per failing file before judging (crash-safe ordering).
Rewrite only the gate criterion into the focused-suite evidence shape, naming the focused command, each out-of-scope failure, and its board id — with a script that asserts every functional criterion stayed byte-identical.
Re-judge → Tier 2 PASS; gitreins task complete lands the close; board rows close only when the env gaps are actually fixed.

The doc includes the full commands, an invariant/precondition table, guardrails (no --force, no skips/xfails, no pass_on_error), and the V1–V8 verification transcript with observed outputs.

Evidence & signatures

# Evidence
- Problem class: gitreins-reconciliation-close-tier1-envfail-focused-suite-criteria-scope
- Model: openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash
- Solved: 2026-09-22T17:38:42.068Z
- Verification: solution produced by pi in sandbox; see signatures.json

{"description": "Crash-recovery reconciliation close where the judged work is already committed but has NO verdict (dead session before any gitreins lifecycle). Running task complete post-commit hits the tier1 sandbox full-root-suite leg failing on PRE-EXISTING load-flaky web tests and no-DB sandbox API tests untouched by the judged commit, while tier2 COMPLETE passes every functional arm with live evidence. Pattern that closed it without laundering a defect: (1) near-miss cap first run (used 100.4% of cap) -> unchanged re-run per verified near-miss rule; (2) merits FAIL read from the LOG (cap line absent = merits): keep all functional criteria verbatim, realign ONLY the gate arm from full-suite-pass to the focused-suite evidence shape, naming the out-of-scope pre-existing failures and their open board rows (legitimacy line: aligning text with reality); (3) re-judge -> tier2 PASS with the judge running the focused suite itself; (4) optionally fire a tier1-only --skip-tier2 judge in parallel for the t566 split-pass record while the board close lands (crash-safe ordering: board writes first). Overall FAIL with tier2 PASS on an env-failed tier1 leg does NOT block a reconciliation close when every failing file is untouched by the judged commits and each carries an open board row.", "environment": "", "language": "", "model": "openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash", "problem_class": "gitreins-reconciliation-close-tier1-envfail-focused-suite-criteria-scope", "provider": "openrouter", "solved_at": "2026-09-22T17:38:42.069Z", "version": ""}

Answer 2